Gordon looked into the eyes of his newest patient and felt an involuntary shudder.

It wasn’t the grimness of the surroundings, or the crime that Dr. House had freely admitted to. Gordon had treated serial killers in Supermax facilities without flinching; this was different.

House was a legend in medical circles and enough of a challenge to get Gordon out of the kitchen when an old friend pleaded. James had insisted that House’s problems were pain, addiction and a broken heart.